Seed display stand



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UNITED STATES PATENT QFIQE SEED DISPLAY STAND Albert Edward McKenzie, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Application October 7, 1936, Serial No. 104,400 In Great Britain September 3, 1936 8 Claims.

5 wardly inclined disposition by virtue of which the vignette of the foremost packets of the successive tiers are substantially exposed to View.

The present invention is an improvement on my display stand for which a United States Patent Number 1,950,991 issued to me under date of March 13th, 1934, in which the disclosed structure comprised a pair of inturned angle iron members inclined for the major part of their length and vertical for the other part of their The inclined parts of the members form seats for trays of which the lowest is shouldered by a crosspiece at the junctions of the inclined parts of the side members with said legs, while an upper cross- 0 piece serves to pivotally attach a rear leg braced by a jointed arm piece.

The salient object of the present invention resides in so constructing the display stand as to increase the accommodation for the display 25 and/or storage of seed packets without increasing the overall dimensions of the stand.

A further object is to enable the display stand to be collapsed into small space convenient for transportation or storage.

30 I have ascertained that by making the inclined ledges of a gradual slope and increasing the length of the front legs that the available space below the ledges can be utilized to advantage for supplemental ledges to accommodate addi- 35 tional trays. The additional trays may be on a level or supported at a suitable angle and the ledges by which they are supported may be collapsible so as to fold with the rest of the device.

A distinctive feature of the present structure 40 is that it need not be so high as that of the patent hereinbefore referred to and therefore will not obscure other merchandise on display in a store.

In performing the invention, a display stand having a pair of inturned angle iron vertical legs 5 and a similar pair of members upwardly sloping and presenting ledges for seating trays is provided with one or more pairs of additional inturned ledges to enable one or more trays to be supported beneath the top trays.

50 For instance; companion ledges may be sup- 55 rear or upper ends thereof and likewise connected at their lower ends with said pair of angle irons. The angle irons may have a hook or some such detachable connection with the pair of vertical front legs. These companion ledges may be arranged below the top ledges parallel thereto or horizontally directed and adapted to fold.

If so desired, a second pair of inturned ledges may be provided at a lower level by pivoting to the pair of vertical legs the front ends of another pair of inturned angle irons and sustaining their rear ends by struts or other suitable means.

To render the display stand compactly collapsible it is proposed to make a detachable connection between the front pair of legs and their juncture with the lower ends of the top angle iron members that slope upwardly and rearwardly therefrom. For this purpose the top part of each front leg has a continuation beneath the adjacent sloping angle iron member aforesaid so as to provide a bearing with securing means such as a keeper or a pin and a slot connection.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of one form of the display stand constructed according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a front view of the display stand.

Figure 3 is a perspective view detailing the hook connection at the front ends of the intermediate ledges shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a side elevation partly in section of the detachable connection between the front legs and the top ledges.

Figure 5 is a plan view thereof.

Figure 6 is a similar View to Figure 1 but showing a modified form of display stand.

Figure '7 is a plan view of a modified form of detachable connection alternate to that shown in Figures 4 and 5.

Figure 8 is a cross section taken on line 8-8 of Figure '7.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures throughout the drawings of the invention.

With reference to Figures 1 to 5, the display stand has a pair of vertical legs 9, 9 composed of angle irons each of which has an inturned flange l0 and an outturned flange II. The angle irons at their upper ends are bent rearwardly and up- Wardly for a short distance as at l2 in order to support the front ends E3 of upwardly and rearwardly inclined angle iron members l4, I4. Said front ends overlap the bent upper ends l2 of the leg members 9, 9 and are detachably secured thereto in suitable manner. A practical and convenient mode of attachment consists of headed studs l5 rigidly secured to the top bearing pieces I 2 of the legs and projecting upwardly therefrom. The studs engage keyhole slots IS in the inturned flanges M of the sloping members M, M aforesaid.

This detachable construction will be better understood by reference to Figures 4 and 5. It will be seen that by the engagement of the studs in the small ends of the slots the overlapping members are securely clamped, the enlarged ends of the slots permitting detachment thereof.

The vertical legs 9, 9 are united at or near the top by a transverse angle iron I! and in the vicinity of their lower ends by a transverse angle iron IS. The inclined members I4, M are prefer.- ably united by a transverse strap l9 near their front ends and a transverse angle iron near their upper ends.

A pair of spaced lugs 2| are provided on a flange of the angle iron 20 and the upper ends of two converging straps 22 are pivoted thereto, which straps form a single rear leg. A strut 23 is pivoted at 24 between the lower ends of the leg pieces. The front end of the strut has a hook 25 engageable in an aperture in the horizontal flange of the transverse angle iron I8.

Lugs are formed on the ends of the angle iron 20, similar to the aforesaid lugs 2|, in order to provide a pivotal connection for the upper ends of a pair of links such as is shown at 26 in Figure 1, and to which are pivoted the rear ends of a pair of angle irons 21, Figure 1. This pair of angle irons has inturned flanges and the front ends of these members are formed with hooks 28 adapted to engage the projecting pieces 29 of the flanges ll] of the front legs, which flanges are cut away at this point in order to enable the hooks 28 to freely engage said projecting pieces. This hook connection is best discernible in Figure 3. The pair of angle irons 21 are united by transverse straps 29 spaced as shown.

Immediately above the angle iron H! the flanges ll) of the front legs are cut and bent back to present lugs as. at 30, Figure. 1, to which are pivoted two angle irons 3|, 3|, having inturned flanges and being united preferably neartheir rear endsby a transverse angle iron 32. This transverse member has a depending flange engageable in a notch in the strut 23 which sustains the rear of the angle irons 3|, 3|.

Adverting to the front legs 9, 9, the flanges l0 thereof are shown cut away at 33 .to give passage to a tray (not shown) which may be slid on the horizontal flanges of the angle irons such as-2'l. Similarly a board (not shown) may he slid on the horizontal flanges of the angle irons 3|, 3|, thus in addition to the display of packet seeds in the compartment tray indicated in broken lines 34, Figure 1, additional display and/or storage of seed is made by the inturned flanges of the angle irons 2? and 3|. The tray 34 is supported at its forward edge by a shoulder 35 preferably formed by bending over a flange of each of the ledge members I4, I4.

Turning to the modiflcationsillustrated in Figures 6, 7 and 8, the essential differences herein illustrated concern the disposition and connections of the ledge forming angle irons 21 and 3| and their attachment to the supporting elements.

As depicted in Figure 6 the angle irons 21 and 3|. instead of being horizontal are inclined parallel to the angle irons l4. Pins such as 36 project laterally from the vertical flange of each angle iron 21 and engage in a notch cut in a lug 36 formed by cutting and bending back a portio of the flange ll] of each leg 9. Each of said vertical flanges is cut short at its front end and the projecting end of the horizontal flange is bent up as at 31 to present a shoulder for a tray resting on the angle irons 21.

Each angle iron 3| is similarly provided with a shoulder 31' and these angle irons are united by a transverse strap 38 at the rear ends thereof while the front ends are pivoted at 31" to the front legs. Said angle irons 3| are also provided with intermediate lugs as at 39 to which is pivoted the ends of struts 40 having a hook terminus adapted to engage pins 4| carried by lugs integrally formed, as already described, on the respective front legs. By detachment of the hook termini of the struts the angle irons 3| may be folded vertically against the front legs.

In the modified structure it will be observed particularly by reference to Figures 7 and 8, that the stud and keyhole connection between the front legs 9 and the inclined top members M is replaced by a U-section clip 42 pivoted at 42 so as to embrace and hold together the inturned flanges of the overlapping members. The clip pivot serves as a stop for the respective shoulders 35. By swinging the clips away from the overlapping parts as indicated in broken lines in Figure '7 the members M are detached from the front legs.

This alternate mode of detachable connection is given by way of illustration but not limitation as it is understood that other means may be employed to this end. Furthermore, in some cases it might be desirable to substitute a pair of braced legs for the single leg herein shown and described, which legs might be pivoted to'the members M. Moreover the pivotal and hook connections may be transposed or modified and other such alterations made as is within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

It will be manifest that this display stand in addition to providing increased capacity for display and/or storage of the merchandise, is also capable of being collapsed into small compass which renders it convenient for transportation and storage purposes.

What I claim is:-- I

1. A display stand composed of vertical front legs, means transversely uniting'the legs in space relation, members detachably extending upwardly and rearwardly from the upper ends of said legs so as to form a rearward continuationthereof, a leg pivoted thereto rearwardly of said front legs, a foldable strut connecting the last men tioned leg to the structure aforesaid, rearwardly extending angle iron members inturned for supporting trays beneath the aforesaid members that form a continuation of the front legs, and supporting means foldably connecting said angle iron members to the aforesaid structure.

2. A structure as claimed in claim 1, in which the supporting means consists of a depending link connection at one end of the angle iron members and a hook-on connection at the other end thereof.

3. A display stand composed ofupright front legs, means transversely uniting said legs in spaced relation, a pair of members detachably extending upwardly and rearwardly from the upper ends of said legs in the form of a rigid continuation thereof, a rear leg pivoted thereto, a foldable strut connecting the rear leg to the front legs, a pair of inturned angle iron members disposed beneath the aforesaid members that form a continuation of the front legs, and supporting means connecting said angle iron members to the aforesaid structure whereby they may be folded or collapsed.

4. A structure in accordance with claim 3, in which a pivotal connection forms a part of the supporting means for the angle iron members.

5. A display stand composed of upright front legs, means transversely uniting said legs in spaced relation, a pair of members detachably extending upwardly and rearwardly from the upper ends of said legs in the form of a rigid continuation thereof, a rear leg pivoted thereto, a foldable strut connecting the rear leg to the front legs, a pair of inturned angle iron members disposed beneath the aforesaid members that form a continuation of the front legs, said pair of angle iron members extending inwardly from the aforesaid front legs, supporting means connecting said angle iron members to the aforesaid structure whereby they may be folded or collapsed, said supporting means including a connection between the angle iron members and said front legs.

6. A display stand composed of upright front legs, means transversely uniting said legs in spaced relation, a pair of members detachably extending upwardly and rearwardly from the upper ends of said legs in the form of a rigid continuation thereof, a rear leg pivoted thereto, a foldable strut connecting the rear leg to the front legs, a pair of inturned angle iron members disposed beneath the aforesaid members that form a continuation of the front legs, said pair of angle iron members extending inwardly from the aforesaid front legs, supporting means connecting said angle iron members to the aforesaid structure whereby they may be folded or collapsed, said supporting means consisting of pivots connecting the angle iron members to the front legs, and a detachable supporting connection at a distance therefrom supplementary to the pivots.

7. A display stand composed of upright front legs, means transversely uniting said legs in spaced relation, a pair of members detachably extending upwardly and rearwardly from the upper ends of said legs in the form of a rigid continuation thereof, a rear leg pivoted thereto, a foldable strut connecting the rear leg to the front legs, a pair of inturned angle iron members disposed beneath the aforesaid members that form a continuation of the front legs, said pair of angle iron members extending inwardly from the aforesaid front legs, and being pivotally connected thereto, cross straps uniting said angle iron members, and struts pivoted to the angle iron members at a distance from their pivotal connection with the front legs, said struts having a detachable connection with the front legs.

8. A display stand composed of upright front legs, means transversely uniting said legs in spaced relation, a pair of members detachably extending upwardly and rearwardly from the upper ends of said legs in the form of a rigid continuation thereof, a rear leg pivoted thereto, a foldable strut connecting the rear leg to the front legs, a pair of inturned angle iron members disposed beneath the aforesaid members that form a continuation of the front legs, said pair of angle iron members extending inwardly of the aforesaid front legs and terminating short of the rear leg, means detachably connecting the angle iron members to the front legs, and links pivotally depending from the rear portions of the aforesaid members that form a continuation of the front legs, said links being pivoted to the angle iron members.

ALBERT EDWARD MCKENZIE. 

